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#1 World United States
Elon Musk
Tesla, SpaceX Est. net worth $873.1B
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, he upended the auto and space industries with EVs and reusable rockets — the first person worth over $800 billion.
Books
- Elon Musk
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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#2 World United States
Larry Page
Google (Alphabet) Est. net worth $283B
Google co-founder and Alphabet's controlling shareholder, his fortune rides on the stock of the company that dominates search and AI.
Books
- In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
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#4 World United States
Sergey Brin
Google (Alphabet) Est. net worth $261.1B
A Soviet-born immigrant who co-founded Google, he returned to hands-on work in 2023 to lead its AI push while his stake keeps compounding.
Books
- In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
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#5 World United States
Michael Dell
Dell Technologies Est. net worth $240.4B
He started PC direct-seller Dell in his dorm room at 19; the AI-server boom sent Dell Technologies soaring, vaulting him into the world's top five in 2026.
Books
- Direct from Dell
- Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
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#6 World United States
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta (Facebook) Est. net worth $198.5B
The CEO who turned a dorm-room project, Facebook, into Meta's 3-billion-user social empire spanning Instagram, WhatsApp and heavy AI investment.
Books
- The Facebook Effect
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#7 World United States
Larry Ellison
Oracle Est. net worth $193.6B
Oracle's founder, chairman and CTO built the database giant; cloud and AI infrastructure demand has sent Oracle shares soaring, briefly making him the world's No. 2.
Books
- Softwar
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#8 World United States
Jensen Huang
Nvidia Est. net worth $187.9B
Co-founder and CEO of chipmaker Nvidia, he supplies the GPUs powering the generative-AI boom, making him one of the most influential executives of the AI era.
Books
- The Nvidia Way
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#9 World United States
Steve Ballmer
Microsoft Est. net worth $156.9B
Microsoft's CEO from 2000 to 2014, the huge Microsoft stake he kept on leaving has swelled with the cloud-era rally; he also owns the NBA's LA Clippers.
Books
- Bad Boy Ballmer
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#10 World Spain
Amancio Ortega
Zara (Inditex) Est. net worth $148.9B
Founder of Inditex (Zara), the world's biggest fashion retailer, the media-shy magnate compounds his wealth through dividends and a prime real-estate portfolio.
Books
- Amancio Ortega: De Cero a Zara
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#11 World United States
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway Est. net worth $143.6B
Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the 'Oracle of Omaha' is the world's most famous value investor and has pledged to give away nearly his entire fortune.
Books
- The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
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#12 World France
Bernard Arnault
LVMH Est. net worth $143B
Chairman of LVMH, whose 75 brands include Louis Vuitton and Dior, he built luxury's largest empire and was long a fixture at the very top of the list.
Books
- The Taste of Luxury
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#13 World United States
Rob Walton
Walmart Est. net worth $125.5B
Eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, he chaired the world's largest retailer from 1992 to 2015 and shares its fortune with his siblings.
Books
- Sam Walton: Made in America
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#14 World United States
Jim Walton
Walmart Est. net worth $124.7B
The founder's youngest son, a former head of Arvest Bank, he chaired the family holding company Walton Enterprises until 2025.
Books
- Sam Walton: Made in America
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#15 World Mexico
Carlos Slim
América Móvil Est. net worth $123.3B
Latin America's richest man controls telecom giant América Móvil and once held the title of world's richest person for several straight years.
Books
- Carlos Slim: Retrato Inédito
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#1 Japan Japan
Masayoshi Son
SoftBank Group (telecom, AI investments) Est. net worth $80B
Founder and CEO of SoftBank Group; his massive AI bets such as OpenAI drove the stock surge that returned him to the top of Japan's rich list for the first time since 2021.
Books
- A Vision to Move the Next Trillion-Fold Era
- My Resume (autobiography)
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#2 Japan Japan
Tadashi Yanai
Fast Retailing (UNIQLO) Est. net worth $65B
Founder and CEO of Fast Retailing (UNIQLO), long Japan's richest person before slipping to No. 2 in 2026.
Books
- One Win, Nine Losses
- Don't Become a Business Owner
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#3 Japan Japan
Takemitsu Takizaki
Keyence (factory automation) Est. net worth $23.6B
Founder of Keyence, the sensor and machine-vision maker often called the world's most profitable listed company.
Books
- Hypothesis-Driven Selling (about Keyence)
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#4 Japan Japan
Nobutada Saji
Suntory Holdings (beverages, spirits) Est. net worth $9.3B
Eldest son of Suntory's founding family; served as the whisky and beverage giant's fourth president and later chairman.
Books
- Henkotsu Nankotsu (by his father Keizo Saji)
- New Whiskey Heaven (by his father Keizo Saji)
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#5 Japan Japan
Seki family
DISCO Corporation (semiconductor equipment) Est. net worth $9.1B
Founding family of DISCO, the quiet world leader in semiconductor wafer dicing and grinding machines.
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#6 Japan Japan
Yasumitsu Shigeta
Hikari Tsushin (telecom distribution) Est. net worth $6B
Founder and chairman of telecom distributor Hikari Tsushin; listed the firm at 31, then the youngest ever in Japan.
Books
- The Pursued (biography)
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#7 Japan Japan
Takao Yasuda
Pan Pacific International (Don Quijote) Est. net worth $4.7B
Founder of discount retail giant Don Quijote, built on midnight buying and packed-shelf merchandising.
Books
- Luck: The Discount King's Strongest Last Words
- The Bargain King: My Don Quijote Life
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#8 Japan Japan
Hideyuki Busujima
SANKYO (pachinko machines) Est. net worth $4.6B
Son of Sankyo founder Kunio Busujima who leads the pachinko-machine giant.
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#9 Japan Japan
Toichi Takenaka
Takenaka Corporation (construction) Est. net worth $4B
17th-generation head of Takenaka Corporation, a general contractor founded in 1610.
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#10 Japan Japan
Akira Mori
Mori Trust (real estate) Est. net worth $3.95B
Chairman of Mori Trust, the real-estate empire he built separately from elder brother Minoru's Mori Building.
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#11 Japan Japan
Ito Brothers
Seven & i Holdings (Ito-Yokado family) Est. net worth $3.9B
Sons of Ito-Yokado founder Masatoshi Ito (d. 2025); the brothers are major shareholders of Seven & i Holdings.
Books
- The Way of Commerce (by founder Masatoshi Ito)
- The Merchant's Heart of Masatoshi Ito
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#12 Japan Japan
Masahiro Miki
ABC-Mart (footwear retail) Est. net worth $3.7B
Self-made founder of shoe chain ABC-Mart, Japan's largest sneaker retailer.
Books
- 55 Lessons from ABC-Mart Managers
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#13 Japan Japan
Hiroshi Mikitani
Rakuten Group (e-commerce, fintech, mobile) Est. net worth $3.6B
Chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group, whose ecosystem spans e-commerce, banking and mobile; active on X (@hmikitani).
Books
- The Key to Success: How I Rebuilt Rakuten
- Marketplace 3.0
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#14 Japan Japan
Takahisa Takahara
Unicharm (hygiene products) Est. net worth $3.6B
Second-generation president and CEO of Unicharm, Asia's diaper and hygiene-products powerhouse.
Books
- Unicharm: Resonant Management
- The Unicharm Way to Growing Yourself
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#15 Japan Japan
Masahiro Noda
Oric (office supplies distribution) Est. net worth $3.3B
Founder (1968) and chairman of Oric, the quietly hyper-profitable distributor of toner and office supplies.
Books
- A Rolling Stone Becomes a Gem (autobiography)